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DigitalOcean How-To…

Well, I’m trying out DigitalOcean.com to see what it’s like firing up my own little servers, instead of paying extra for a managed VPS that isn’t as fast as I’d like. So far, there is a big learning curve. Droplets and snapshots aren’t as user-friend as I’d like.

Make a Snapshot

Make a snapshot of a server setup so you don’t have to build from scratch.

Power down the droplet from command line:

Login to your Droplet as root and execute the “shutdown -h now”(or “poweroff”?) command. This will shut down your operating system, flush any pending changes to the disk, and then terminate power to your server.

When the droplet shows as “off”, make a snapshot

When finished, turn the droplet back on if you wish.

Domain Names

Set your DNS servers:

digitalocean.com

digitalocean.com

digitalocean.com

Add User with the new domain name

Use the “admin” user for a single-user server (?)

Best to wait for DNS to propagate!

Add a new user for the new domain

Login as the new user (directly from Vesta, there is a link to login as the user)